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The Ohio cemetery, just west of the Methodist Protestant church, has its site in Hartford township, but is considerably used by those living in Sumner.
There is also a small one in the northeast quarter of section eighteen on the State road.
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
The following information is furnished us by one who knew the circum- stances:
" At half past two o'clock on a sabbath morning in July, twenty years
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ago, I was awakened by the rapping of an agent of the 'Underground' Railroad,' who lived a few miles west of this place. He said he had four. passengers who wished to remain with me during the day and proceed on their journey from Missouri to Canada during the night. The party con- sisted of two adult females and two children. The children belonged to. one of the women and were large enough to journey with dispatch. Two of the party were quite white. Arrangements were made for their transpor- tation to Springdale, a Quaker settlement northeast of Iowa City. Mr. A. K. Hostetter took my team on the following night and carried them to the- Lincoln place, seven miles northeast of here, in Hilton township. It being a very dark night, by preconcerted arrangement, a straw stack of Mr. Lin- coln's was set on fire as a 'guiding star.' From the Lincoln place Mr. W. A. Gale conducted them to Springdale safe and sound, and I presume in due- time they arrived at their journey's end. We have reason to be thankful: that the wicked fugitive slave law is repealed, and that the results of sla- very are rapidly passing away."
THE BARN-BURNERS.
In early times gangs of ruffians called " Barn-burners" committed dep- redations in burning stables, stacks of grain, hay, etc., besides threatening- the lives of settlers and their families. But by unflinching determination on the part of the pioneers to procure for themselves and families legiti - mate homes in a new land, these bands of desperadoes were dispersed.
A. P. Kitchens was an early settler at what was known as Kitchen's mill on Bear Creek. He was secretary of what was known as the "Squatter's- Claim Club," and what some called the " Barn-burners." He was the last of them and went to Missouri, where, as captain of a company of bush- whackers, he was shot while standing on his own door-sill. Kitchen's mill was the first in the township, and probably the first in the county. William. Downard kept the first post-office, it was at his house on the State-road.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
A IKEN, JOHN-Farmer, Sec. 17, P. O. Ladora. Is a native of Ire- land, born in February, 1813, but received very limited educational advantages. In 1834 he immigrated to the United States, and settled in Philadelphia, where he engaged as a day laborer till 1837. Then moved to Ohio and bought 100 acres of timber land, part of which he cleared, and continued to farm until 1847, when he sold out and moved to Lake. county, Indiana. There he bought a farm of 260 acres in company with his brother, and improved it. In 1853 he came to Iowa, settling where he now lives, and owns 120 acres of well improved land. He was one of the pioneers of this township. Was married January 31, 1838, in Philadel- phia, to Miss Jane Reed, a native of England. They have five children :: William (died in Ohio), James Henry (died in the army), Robert (married and lives in Chicago), William R. (works his father's farm), and Elizabeth (wife of Jacob Close of Iowa county).
ARCHER, M. D .- Pastor of the Congregational Church, Genoa Bluffs .. Was born in England December 22, 1822, and attended school in his native. place, at intervals, while living on a farm, where worked a part of the time till 1846. Then emigrated to Canada, and settled in Ontario, where he-
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engaged in farming till 1851. In 1845 he was licensed to preach in the Methodist Church in England. In 1851 he entered the ministry in Canada, having a letter of recommendation from the Wesleyan Methodist Church of England. He is a self-made man, having acquired his theological edu- cation entirely by his own exertions, never attending college a day in his life. After four years of hard study he was licensed to preach as above stated. In 1870 he withdrew from the M. E. Church, and joined the Con- gregational Church, preaching there till 1873, when he moved to Missouri. There remained until 1874, then came to !owa to take the charge assigned him, which he has since kept. Mr. A. owns twenty acres of improved land where he lives, also a farm of eighty acres in Lincoln township. He has been twice married; first, in England in the spring of 1846, to Miss Mary Mitchell, and from this union they had four children: William (married and lives in Canada), Charles, Sarah (now the wife of James Symington), and Richard. Mrs. Archer died in 1851, aged 35 years. He was again married in Canada February 15, 1854, to Miss Marietta Seaman, who was born in Cattaraugus county, New York, in 1829. Four children were the fruits of this marriage: Fannie L. and Lewis T. living, and have buried two: Harriet Ann and Minnie Adelia.
BEARDSLEY, JARED-Farmer, Sec. 31, P. O. Genoa Bluffs. Is a native of Fairfield county, Connecticut, of English des- cent; born January 21, 1810. In 1812 his parents moved to Tioga county, New York, where the subject of this sketch spent some years upon a farm, attending school at intervals. . In 1837 he went to Bradford county, Pennsylvania, and there engaged in farming and lumbering till the fall of 1868, when he came to Iowa county and settled where he now lives, and owns 95 acres of good land. He was married April 30, 1843, in Bradford county, Pennsylvania, to Miss Betsey B. Andrew, a native of New York State, born July 31, 1822. They have five children: Ann (now the wife of Harmon A. Eveland of Dallas county, Iowa), Clark A. (married and lives in Ladora), Chloe M., John P. and Alice M .; also an adopted daugh- ter, Jennie M. (now the wife of M. T. Bair, of Kansas).
BLAIN, THOMAS-Farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 13, P. O. Marengo. Is a native of Scotland, born November 19, 1838, and there he was raised and educated. He engaged in farming after leaving school and followed it as his occupation there until July, 1870, when he emigrated to America, landing in New York .. From there he went to Thomaston, Connecticut, and was there employed as night watchman for the Plume, Atwood & Co. Brass and Silver Company. He remained in that position until the spring of 1874, when he came to Iowa county, and has since resided here. Owns a fine farm of 80 acres, well improved. Mr. B. was married in Thomaston, Connecticut, in August, - , to Miss Grace Byers, a native of Scotland. They have four children: James, Annabella, William and Thomas.
BROOKS, ADAM-Farmer, Sec. 14, P. O. Marengo. Was born in Fayette county, Indiana, July 16, 1822, and after finishing his education he engaged in farming in various counties until the fall of 1856. Then went to Knox county, Illinois, where he continued to farm until March, 1870, and then came to Iowa, and engaged in farming in Iowa county. In the spring of 1875 he settled where he now lives, and owns 40 acres of im- proved land. He has been married twice; first, January 12, 1845, in Hancock county, Indiana, to Miss Nancy Curry, a native of Virginia, born in .1823. By this union there were eight children: Martha J. (wife of J.
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Stevens of Illinois), Auortin C. (died July 25, 1850), Joseph A. (married, and lives in Henry county, Illinois), Mary E. (wife of Edward West, of Knoxville, Illinois), Sarah E., William C. (married, and lives in Crawford county, Kansas), Hansford A. and Nancy A. (wife of Joseph Sunderland, of Crawford county, Kansas). His wife died December 23, 1860. Mr. B's. second marriage occurred January 1, 1866, in Illinois, to Mrs. Amanda Green, a native of Ohio, born in February, 1836. She had been married twice. By the first marriage she had a daughter, Clara Covill (who died January 27, 1870), and by her second marriage a son, Charles Green (who now lives with his mother). Mr. and Mrs. B. have three children; Edward S., John C. and Frank. They have lost a daughter, Effie L. (died Decem- ber 18. 1875).
CRITCHETT, O. H .- Farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 26, P. O. Marengo.
Is a native of Lower Canada, born April 19, 1819, and when quite young his parents emigrated to the United States, settling in Vermont. In 1852 they moved to York State and located in Newark, Wayne county; there, and in Lyons, the subject of this sketch received his education. In 1836, he learned the baker's trade and worked at it until 1845, when he moved to Syracuse, New York. There he continued to work at his trade until December, 1863, when he came to Iowa, and engaged in farming in this county. In the summer of 1869, he settled where he now lives, and owns 160 acres of improved land, well stocked. He was married October 23, 1848, in Syracuse, New York, to Miss Sus :n Lasher, who was born in York State in 1827. Two children are the fruits of this union: George B. (married Olive M. Johnson, a resident and native of this State, and they now have one daughter, Ida), and Harriet Eliza (died in 1851).
D ANSKIN, GILMOUR-Farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 9, P. O. Ma- rengo. Was born August 4, 1819, in Scotland, and in 1829 his par- ents came to Canada. There he engaged in farming until 1852, when they came to the United States, and settled where the subject of this sketch now lives, and owns 580 acres of improved land, well-stocked with good graded Short-Horns. Mr. Danskin's mother died in Canada, in 1843, and his father died in this county, in February, 1860, aged eighty-three years; he being widely known and respected, his loss was felt by many. The sub- ject of this sketch enjoyed but limited opportunities for an education. By his natural abilities, honest and industrious habits he has amassed a fine property. He was married June 21, 1847, in Canada, to Miss Jennette Barr, she was born in Scotland, September 11, 1821. From this union there are two children: Elizabeth (born April 7, 1848, died in 1850) and Geo. W. (born July 4, 1851).
E DDY, O .- Farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 17, P. O. Ladora. Cyrus Eddy was born June 18, 1804, in Dicksfield, Maine, and after fin- ishing his education engaged in farming, which he has continued to follow until within the past few years. While living there, his son, the subject of this sketch was born, December 8, 1840. In 1842 his parents moved to Lee county, Iowa, and in 1846 removed to Ohio, where Orson attended school with J. A. Garfield, their parents being close neighbors. In 1866 he and his parents came to this State and settled in this county where he owns 120 acres of well improved and stocked land; also ten acres of timber. He was married in September, 1867, to Miss Susannah, daughter of John Meuser of Sumner township. She was born in Ohio in 1840, and they have one son, Ellsworth. Cyrus Eddy has been married twice: first, in,
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1828, in Dieksfield, Maine, to Miss Louisa Bomley, a native of Maine, born March 8,1812. Three children were the result of this union: Ordesa, Wm. M. and Orson. His wife died in November, 1852. He married for his second wife, in Hancock county, Illinois, April- 1853, Mrs. Mary Arm - strong; she has one son by a former marriage.
H ARTHER, C. B .- Farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 20, P. O. Ladora.
Was born in Germany, May 29, 1824, and there attended school until his fourteenth year. In 1852 he came to the United States, settling in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in cabinet-making, having learned the trade in Germany. This he continued until March, 1855, when he moved to Iowa City and there followed the carpenter trade for a short time. In the fall of 1855, he engaged in farming in Johnson county, and continued the same until 1865, when he came to Iowa county and settled where he now lives, owning 200 acres of well improved land having some Short-Horns on his farm. Mr. H. is a kind and generous friend and neigh- bor-in fact has been too generous, and has lost much by helping those in need; yet by his honest, industrious habits, he has accumulated from $2, all he was worth when he came to the United States, until he is now worth at least $10,000, the result of his own labor, aided only by his wife. He was married in Germany, in 1851, to Miss Barbara Barth, a native of Ger- many, born in 1826. By this union there is one daughter living, Rosine (wife of J. Kohl, of an adjoining farm), and have lost a daughter in Penn- sylvania, Heinricke.
HOSTETTER, A. K .- Farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 25, P. O. Marengo. Is a a native of Columbiana county, Ohio, of German descent; born Octo- ber 15, 1835. He spent a part of his younger days upon a farm, and a few years in New Lisbon, where he attended school till his sixteenth year. In 1851 he went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he attended school till 1855. In May, 1856, he accompanied his parents to Iowa and settled in Genoa Bluffs, where his father worked at the trade of silversmith for some years. Then went to Marengo and engaged in conducting a jewelry store, which he continued till his death in 1872, in the seventy-first year of age. He was a man of more than ordinary ability, honored and respected by all who knew him, and while living there filled many positions of trust, serving as mayor at one time. In 1860 A. K. Hostetter, in company with his brother and sister, settled on his fine farm then partially improved, and where he now lives and owns 160 acres of well improved land, with a good residence, and a new barn, also having the farm well stocked with good graded stock. Mr. H. is one of the pioneers of this part of the county. He has been repeatedly called to fill positions of trust, which he has always done with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. He was married in March, 1871, in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, to Miss Mary E. Shumway, an estimable lady who was born in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, in 1838. They lost an infant son.
K OHL, J. D .--- Farmer, Sec. 28, P. O. Ladora. Is a native of Pennsyl- vania. Born December 10, 1843, and lived there on a farm until 1855 when his parents came to Iowa and settled in Jones county, engaging in farming. In August, 1863, the subject of this sketch enlisted in the Eighth Iowa cavalry, and served until August, 1865, being in the entire campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta, Georgia. After the surrender of Atlanta he returned to the Tennessee River, thence to Nashville, being in many battles and repulsed by Hood; then at Tennessee River, where his
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regiment remained two weeks; thus after a successful engagement with the rebels they went into winter quarters, at Waterloo, Alabama. In the spring of 1865 was in the raid from Chickasaw Landing, sixty days after at Macon, Georgia. While crossing a river he narrowly escaped being drowned, losing his horse. He returned to Jones county after receiving his discharge, and engaged in farming. In the spring of 1869 he came to Iowa county and settled where he now lives, and owns 80 acres of im- proved land. He was married December 21, 1868, to Miss Rosine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Harther, of Sumner township. There have had three children: Christian W., Matilda (died in 1875) and Laura.
L ILLIE, R. L .- Farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 14, P. O. Marengo. Is a native of Ashtabula county, Ohio. Born August 13, 1833, and there lived the life of a farmer boy attending school till nineteen years old. He came to Iowa and settled in Clinton county, where he engaged in farm= ing, and also worked for some time in the first saw mill in Lyons, Iowa. In 1856 he commenced to work at fence building for the Northwestern Rail- way Company, and continued the same till the spring of 1862, Col. Milo Smith being at that time superintendent of the Iowa divison. In August, 1862, Mr. L. enlisted in company C, Twenty-sixth Iowa volunteers, at Clin- ton, and served till the close of the war, participating in the battles of Vicksburg, Arkansas Post, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Ringgold, Georgia. On account of poor health he was sent to Nashville on detached duty. After receiving his discharge, he settled in Iowa county, near Ladora, where he owned 80 acres of good land which he farmed, till the fall of 1867. Then. sold the same, and settled where he now lives and owns 200 acres of improved land well stocked with good grades. He was married December 25, 1855, in DeWitt, Iowa, to Miss Sarah Jane Cassiday, a resident of Clinton county, and a native of Carroll county, Ohio, born in 1837. They have five sons and two daughters: Laura (now the wife of Jesse Kyser, of Iowa county), Willie I. (died April 12, 1861), Willis M., James R., Franklin T., Jackson E. and Maud M.
M ERCHANT, I. W .- Farmer and school-teacher, Sec: 21, P. O. Ma- rengo. Was born in Seneca county, Ohio, June 10, 1847, and there lived with his parents on a farm, attending school until thirteen years old. In his fourteenth year he entered the Advertiser office in Tiffin, Ohio, to learn the printer's trade, and worked at the same there and in Marion, Ohio, for five years. In the spring of 1868, he was married in Tiffin, Ohio, to Miss Rebecca Hostler, a native of Tiffin; born May 1, 1847. In the spring of 1868 he engaged in farming, which he continued until the follow- ing fall, when he came to Iowa and settled where he now lives, owning 80 acres of improved land. During the winter of 1873 he engaged at teaching school in Sumner township, and has since taught ten terms, in the mean- time attending the normal each year. Mr. and Mrs. Merchant have been blessed with five children, all now living: Izara V., Clement D., Robert W., Isaac and Luther.
MORSE, HENRY A .- Farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 32, P. O. Genoa Bluffs. Is a native of Southbridge, Massachusetts, born November 23, 1824, of English parentage. He lived the life of a farmer boy, attending school till his twenty-first year, then engaged in the manufacture of shoes until 1856, when he came to Iowa and settled in Iowa county, engag- ing extensively in farming and stock-raising. He now owns 333 acres in two farms with good improvements on each. He is engaged in carry-
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ing on a dairy, milking twenty-five cows. In December, 1879, he met with an accident by which he lost the greater part of his left hand which was caught in a feed mill. He and his family are members of the Congre- gational Church in Genoa Bluffs, in which he is and has been a deacon for twenty-four years. He is a kind and generous neighbor and is esteemed. and respected by all who know him. He was. married in June, 1850, in Southbridge, Massachusetts, to Miss Jane M. Carpenter, who was born there May 24, 1831. By this union they have six children: M. Maria, (wife of David Hughes, the present county superintendent), Herbert C. (married, and lives in Sumner), Mary E., Olive D., Albert L. and Charles W.
MOUSER, JOHN-Farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 8, P. O. Ladora. Was born August 22, 1809, in Jefferson county, Virginia, and there lived with his parents on a farm, with but limited opportunities for an educa- ·tion. In his fourteenth year his mother died, and when he was nineteen years of age his father died. In 1830 he went to Seneca county, Ohio, where he bought two hundred acres of timber land and cleared about one hundred of the same, farming until the spring of 1854. Then sold out and came to Iowa and settled where he now lives, and owns two hundred
and eighty acres of improved land. In 1852 he came to this State to look. for land and bought two hundred acres in Tama county and also eighty in Jasper county, all of which he has since sold or given to his sons. He was married in June, 1833, in Seneca couuty, Ohio, to Miss Elizabeth Shaul; she was born in Berkley county, Virginia, January 31, 1814. They have seven children: Sarah C. (now the wife of M. Shaul of Sumner town- ship), Wm. (married, and lives in Sumner), Margaret E. (died October, 1864, aged twenty-seven), Susannah (now the wife of O. Eddy of Sumner),. Mary Jane, John and Sylvia A. V. Mrs. Mouser died May 3, 1867.
C LSEN, H. O .- Farmer, Sec. 16, P. O. Marengo. Was born Septem-
ber 25, 1831, in Norway, and after finishing his education he engaged in farming and manual labor till 1853, when he came to America, stopping- in Canada for some weeks. Then came to Chicago where he remained a
few months. In the fall of 1853 he went to Bureau county, Illinois, and engaged in farming till the spring of 1857, then came to Davenport where he engaged in farming in Scott county, till the spring of 1865. He came to Iowa and settled where he now lives, and owns one hundred and sixty acres of well improved land. Mr. Olsen was married May 25, 1855, in Bureau county, Illinois, to Miss Ann M. Goigensen, a native of Nor- way, born June 9, 1825. They have seven children: Josephina, Isephina, Tina, Annie, Lissa; buried Oluf M. and Willie. His wife died in 1867.
R ISDON, H. B .- Farmer, Sec. 30, P. O. Ladora. Was born July 24, 1832, in Seneca county, Ohio, and there attended school, living the- life of a farmer boy until 1850, when he came to Marengo and joined his. father, his mother having died in 1843. He made Marengo his home the greater part of eight years, engaging in teaming and helping his father in surveying, and while here he was elected sheriff, which office he held one. year. In 1858 he engaged in farming and has since continued the same, settling, where he now lives in 1870, and owns ninety acres of improved land. He was married, December 25, 1860, in Sumner township, to Miss Elizabeth Rumple, a resident of Sumner and a native of Seneca county, Ohio, born in 1841. By this union they have four children living: Fannie, Emma, Cora and William, and one daughter Annie (died October 11, 1874.)
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ROSENBERGER, MARTIN-Farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 34, P. O. Genoa Bluffs. Was born August 30, 1846, in Seneca county, Ohio. At the early age of eighteen months he met with a sad accident, being scalded very severely by a kettle of boiling water being spilled on him. He lived with his grandparents and attended school till 1859, when they came to Iowa and set- tled in Hartford township. And in 1861 he went to live with his father. In1863 he engaged in farming on his grandmother's farm, continuing the same till 1869, when he came to Sumner township and commenced to im- prove his farm, where he now lives. He owns one hundred and sixty acres of well improved land. Was married in October, 1872, in Iowa county, to Miss Martha F. Robinson, a resident of this county but a native of New York, born in 1854. By this union they have four children: Herbert E., Robert, Edith Ann and an infant daughter.
ROSENBERGER, R. W .- Farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 28, P. O. La- dora. Is a native of Ohio, born August 10, 1841. He received his educa- tion in a log school-house in his native State; and in 1853 with his parents came to Iowa and settled in Hartford township, Iowa county, where they engaged in farming, remaining but one year. Then returned to Ohio on account of the annoyance he received from the barn-burners. In 1856 they, with many others, returned to their farin in Iowa county, prepared to de- fend their homes, and again engaged in farming. August 15, 1862, the subject of this sketch enlisted in company E, Twenty-fourth Iowa infantry, and participated in the battles of Port Gibson, Champion's Hill, Mississippi, where he was wounded in the left thigh, then taken prisoner, but soon es- caped from the rebels and was detained from the regiment some eight months, also in the battle of Sabine Cross-roads where he was taken pris- oner April 8, 1864, but this time could not escape so easily, and while in prison suffered very much for want of food and shelter, for months having no shelter night or day but the canopy of heaven. In the spring of 1865 he returned to Iowa on parol from the Confederate lines and engaged in farming. August 8, 1865 he was discharged. In the fall 1866 he settled where he now lives and owns one hundred and sixty acres of well improved land; also fifty acres in Hartford township; has his farm well stocked with good grades. He was married in January, 1866, in Hartford town- ship, to Miss Ellen Weisbacker, a resident of this county but a native of New York State. They have five children: William H., Rhoda M., Charles E., Miner H. and Frank. Mr. Rosenberger is the present assessor, this be- ing his third term. Has filled many offices in the township, including township treasurer, which position he held for eight years.
ROSENBERGER, M. B .- Farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 29, P. O. La- dora. Was born February 1, 1823, in Seneca county, Ohio, and there at- tended school and worked on a farm till 1851. Then came to Iowa and settled where he now lives, and owns a fine farm of 260 acres of good land. Mr. R. built one of the first log cabins in what is now Sumner township, he being one of the pioneers of this section who witnessed much of the outlawing of the society then known as barn-burners. He was mar- ried in 1843 in Seneca county, Ohio, to Louisa Kepple. She was born in Pennsylvania in 1815. By this union they have had ten children: John N. (who served in the Twenty-fourth Iowa for three years), Katie Ann (now the wife of Jas. R. Wade of this county), Hannah E. (now the wife of J. W. Rumple, of an adjoining farm), Rebecca J. (now the wife of Geo. Hanson of Sumner), Henry Daniel, Jacob E. (married and lives with his
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